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30,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed across U.S.

March 14, 2020

Alabama: 131 Alaska: 14 Arizona: 152 (including two deaths) Arkansas: 165 California: 1,224 (including 26 deaths) Colorado: 475 (including five deaths) Connecticut: 223 (including five deaths) Delaware:...

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. 

Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus

(CNN) -- New studies in several countries and a large coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts bring into question reassuring assertions by US officials about the way the novel virus spreads.These officials...

How Dr. Anthony Fauci became Trump’s coronavirus truth teller

Maegan Vazquez, CNN March 14, 2020

(CNN) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci has become a source of honesty from within the White House coronavirus task force in recent weeks, holding firm with an at times overly optimistic President and gently recommending...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Straight-talking Fauci explains outbreak to a worried nation

WASHINGTON (AP) — If Dr. Anthony Fauci says it, you'd be smart to listen. As the coronavirus has upended daily life across the globe, Fauci has become the trusted voice in separating fact and fiction.The...

Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America

Justin Sullivan March 14, 2020

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 13: A Costco customer stands by his two shopping carts at a Costco store on March 13, 2020 in Richmond, California. Some Americans are stocking up on food, toilet paper, water...

Virus Outbreak Ohio

DORAL CHENOWETH March 13, 2020

Dr. Amy Acton, head of the Ohio Department of Health, addresses members of the media during a press conference updating the public on COVID-19 on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus,...

Dr. Amy Acton, head of the Ohio Department of Health, addresses members of the media during a press conference updating the public on COVID-19 on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. A fifth case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, was confirmed in Ohio earlier Thursday. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Canceled classes, voting with Q-tips: Virus concerns grow in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cancellations and closings are sweeping across Ohio as coronavirus concerns grow. A look at developments related to the virus that causes COVID-19 as the state tests for additional...

Text of Diacon email 3-13-2020

March 13, 2020

Dear Members of the Kent State University Community,Yesterday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine banned all indoor and outdoor events with more than 100 attendees and provided the estimate that the spread of coronavirus...

Kent State University announces they are suspending face-to-face classes for the remainder of the spring semester. All classes will be conducted through virtual learning.

Kent State cancels in-person classes for remainder of semester

Kent State announced Friday face-to-face classes at all of its campuses will be suspended for the remainder of the semester because of the coronavirus. President Todd Diacon wrote in an email to the Kent...